Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-08
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Capt Havis has gone to Homosassa to
build d hotel.
The income from Tallahassee's new
market house Will be about $500 a year.
1t is estimated that there are 80 acres
of oats planted in the neigbOrn0Od around
Oxford.
Thomas Stanford, of Mount Tabor, has
an immense number OF tobacco plants up
already.
/ DR.. Marler, of Apalachicola, has bought
vineyard and pear orchard lands at Mt.
Pleasant.
Rev. }. c. Sale, principal of the Quincy
Academy, was married at Bronson last
Thursday.
There are now under way several en-
terprises which Will greatly benefit Col
umbi& county.
Cedar Key is evidently taxing on new
life, and VIII doubt soon be one OF the
busiest ports on the Gulf coast.
The new trial of Bogue Seph will be
had at the special term of the Circuit
Court, which cOnvenes at Live Oak on
Feb. 2l.
Straw hats are in demand at Palatka
now. and large number of the old last
summers headgear are displayed on the
streets.
Rabe Long, of Pats Island, is a hunter
from way back and is death on the bruin
FAMILY, as the slaughter of eight ponder
l'ous bears this season demonstrates.
Az Quincy a clerk gave a billy goat two
and half plugs of chewing tobacco,
which he ate With relish. He retur ned
the next day, but refused to try any more
| tobacco.
There are $50 members of the knights
OF Honor in Florida. Each member is in
sured tor $4,000, payable at death, which
means $l,790,000 for the widows and Or
pbans OF Florida knights OF Honor.
! Palatka presents a better outside APP
| pa8rance this winter than ever before in
| ner history. She has more and finer build
ings than heretofore, streets and cross
ings in better condition, and the health Of
the town is we'll nigh perfect.
! The Geer Bros. have about perfected all
arrangements for their cigar factory, and
| in few more days Lake City will be man
| ufacturing cigars from Columbia county
grown tobacco and the factory owned and
worked by Columbia county men.
| The dwelling mousse on the MCLAUGHLIN
plantation, near Quincy, burned down
last sunday. The cause OF the ire is un.
known. This house was built by the late
Isaac q. Jetireys many years ago, and
was one of the Oldest in the county.
Banker John +. Dunn and one of thu
city fathers, has disposed of 81, 200 OF
Ocala city bonds at par, with the pros.
! poets OF disposing Of tue remaining
$1,000 az same figures, which money is to
be used in grading and repairing the
streets.
One Of Palatka's gardeners saws that II
is astonishing how rapidly his vegetables
are growing. The freeze of Jan. 10 hurt
them badly, but within a very few DAYS
they recovered from its effects, and now
they look as though Florida had never felt
| freeze.
The extensive sawmllls OF u. f. Cooper,
Just beyond Keuka, on the Florida south
ern railway, were burned a few days ago,
the loss being total, as nothing was
saved. There was little il any insurance
on the mills.and the loss falls very heavi.
ly on wiretapper.
Tuesday night an unknown person en-
tered guests room at the Silver spring
Park House and left with over 800, an $50
gun, and a pair OF valuable sleeve but
tons. The thief entered through an open
window and appropriated the property
named while the occupant of the room
was calmly sleeping in chair.
The passenger business on the Day.
light route from Palatka to Sanford is
first rate. The st. Augustine connection
is great improvement over matters OF
last winter A large list OF passengers
go over from the Ancient City each
day for the river route. The outlook is
fairly good for brisk business.
DR. Ethan Allen, VINO owns a place
near Bronson, and left 1t a few years ago
for California, writes the editor OF the
Bronson Times not TO sell his place as it
Is Withdrawn from the market, but he
wishes 10 purchase other property adJoin-
ing, and occupy 10 himself and make his
home there. He saws that California does
not begin TO equal Florida, and he Is go
ing back just as soon as ne can dispose OF
his property out there.
A little steam yacht, uamed the
Rockled2e, belonging 10 the Indian River
Canning Company, arrived at Tltusville
Monday night from New Haven, Conn,
making the run all the way outside, Be
sides her load, she had seven persons on
board. they experienced some heavy
weather, but met VITA no serious acei-
dent. The little craft is IS feet long, s
feet beam, and is propelled by 5-norse
power shipmau Kerosene engine.
A son OF Henry Byrd, an Industrious
colored man living two miles cast OF
Quincy, had two OF his toes cut OIL acci-
uehtally a lew daVs aEo. Or. Thomas f.
Munroe was called to attend him, and
7ewed the toes back, and the maa is get.
ting along finely, the flesh having healed
by nrst attention. The case is rather a
remarkable one, AS the toes were cut en-
tlrely OF, ana had been for one hour be-
fore they received medical attention.
The new Protestant cemetery in New
81. Augustine Is now being laid out. The
concrete posts for the front fence have al.
ready been completed at j. j. Jessman's
yards, also $50 small stones for marking
the corners OF the lots. AS soon as the
grounds are ready lots Will be sold and
the bodies removed from their temporary
resting places near by and reinterred
| The committee that have the improve.
ments in charge consists OF Drs. Ander-
son and Alba, aud Mr.. Bent.
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